Fanny met Henry 8 mos after his 1st wife Mary's death, while traveling through Germany and Switzerland; she then met him again 7 yrs after he returned to Cambridge.
She was the first recipient of eth...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and "Evangeline". He was also the first American to ...

Nathan was born 02/05/1690 probably while his father was on the expedition to Quebec under Govenor Phipps. He died 01/15/1731 in Hampton N.H. He married Mary Green the daughter of Jacob Green of Hampto...

Percival Longfellow was born Bagley, parish of Calverley, in the West Riding of the County of York, England,1500 He married in 1533 and died in 1577. Wife unknown.
In his will dated 11/03/1577, he de...

Born in Gorham, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), Longfellow was graduated from Harvard University in 1798. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Portland...

William was a well to do clothier who lived in Upper House, and, besides, possessed three other houses or cottages with gardens, closes, crofts, etc.
He had two sons, Nathan and William, and four or ...

Philanthropist, founding member of Radcliffe College, oldest daughter of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In 1878, she sat on a committee to consider offering classes for women taught by Harvard ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's sister Anne was born in 1810, the fourth of eight children. Anne grew up in the family home on Congress Street in Portland, and lived there for 87 of her 90 years. Anne eve...